"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
I call you and you call me
It's funny how we get on so easily
We're just friends aren't we
You've got yours, I've got mine
And friends are all we ever can be
We're getting to know each other
A little too well
We're starting to show our feelings
And people can tell
Ev'ry time that your eyes meet mine
I light up like a neon sign
Yes, We're getting to know each other
A little too well
We have lunch ev'ry now and then
And I find myself humming love songs
Again and again
Too many nights I'm workin' till ten
And I hope that you know
That it's hopeless to go on when
We're getting to know each other
A little too well
We're starting to show our feelings
And people can tell
Ev'ry time that your eyes meet mine
I light up like a neon sign
Yes, We're getting to know each other
(Getting to know each other
Getting to know each other...)
Getting to know each other...
A little too well...
(Getting to know each other...)
It's funny how we get on so easily
We're just friends aren't we
You've got yours, I've got mine
And friends are all we ever can be
We're getting to know each other
A little too well
We're starting to show our feelings
And people can tell
Ev'ry time that your eyes meet mine
I light up like a neon sign
Yes, We're getting to know each other
A little too well
We have lunch ev'ry now and then
And I find myself humming love songs
Again and again
Too many nights I'm workin' till ten
And I hope that you know
That it's hopeless to go on when
We're getting to know each other
A little too well
We're starting to show our feelings
And people can tell
Ev'ry time that your eyes meet mine
I light up like a neon sign
Yes, We're getting to know each other
(Getting to know each other
Getting to know each other...)
Getting to know each other...
A little too well...
(Getting to know each other...)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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